COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONThe Duck-Rabbit’s Imperial Stout is extremely big and robust. This special beer is
thick, jet black and oily in texture. Complex flavors of roast malts dominate: bitter
chocolate and espresso coffee especially. There is also a very big hop presence both for
bittering and for aroma. At 10% alcohol by volume, this brew is made to be sipped and
savored!

Aroma was at first strong mocha, but as it warmed turned to soy sauce and later on to ringwood funk. it hides the alcohol well though. Poured jet black with very small tan head. flavor was at first chocolate but later this turned into lots of soy sauce with an astringent and slight edge to it. Not enjoyable to finish. mouth feel was alright, full bodied with some drinkability from the low carbonation. Didn’t have the flavor notes I like in an Impy stout.

From bottle at home. Pours dark with a dense brown head. Aroma is all chocolate and coffee with similar flavors. Medium bodied. Roasted malts, coffee with a touch of sweetness (dark chocolate) on the long finish. Delicious.

Pours a midnight black with a dark caramel color head with nice lacing. Smells so roasty with coffee and a little citrus. Excellent blend of coffee, bittersweet chocolate, citrusy hops, and roasted malt flavor. Oily with a denser body with little carbonation. Another awesome offering from an underrated brewery.

Strong roasted aroma, with hints of dark fruit. Pours an opaque black with a full tan head. Full roasted flavor with strong hints of chocolate and coffee, which fades into a long roasty finish. This does not have the oily mouthfeel that some Imperial Stouts tend to have, and the alcohol is really well hidden. This is a nice sipping beer for a cold evening.

Transfer from BA review on 3-29-13-
Poured from bottle into a snifter
Appearance – The beer pours a deep brown color bordering on black. Upon pouring there is a small lighter brown colored head floating atop the brew. This head fades quite fast leaving a lighter level of lace on the sides of the glass. While there is only a light lace, swirling the brew in the glass shows a nice thickness, as fingers of the brew are seen clinging to the glass, slowly receding back to the bottom of the body of the glass.
Smell – The smell is heavy of roasted aromas as well as a surprisingly strong hoppier smell. The roasted malt aromas are drier in nature being of a strong roasted coffee, some toast, as well as a dark chocolate with just some lighter touches of vanilla and caramel. The hoppy smells, which are stronger in this Imperial then in most, are mainly of a woody and earthy nature mixed with some lighter aromas of a pine smell.
Taste – The taste follows the nose very well. This imperial is on the drier roasty side with a decent bitter flavor at the end. The flavor begins with a roasted coffee and espresso flavor with a hint of some caramel sweetness. A dark chocolate flavor as well as a light vanilla and some wood then come to the tongue. The caramel begins fading at this point with some hop flavors of a earthy and citrus hop. The hops grow slightly stronger toward the end with a hint of citrus sweetness of orange and some orange peel coming to the tongue. In the end, with some boozy and oaky flavors coming to the tongue as well, a rather roasty and slightly warming boozy flavor is left to warm and linger the tongue.
Mouthfeel –The body of the beer is on the medium to slightly above medium side, although slightly lower then would have been expected from the look or from the fact that it is a 10 % ab brew. The carbonation level is rather average. The higher carbonation and thinner body are sorta nice for highlighting the hoppier/bitter flavors in the sea of darker flavors as well as making it more drinkable, but overall a creamier body and a lower carbonation would have likely served the brew better, highlighting the nice roasty flavors and making it a slower sipper as it is intended to be.
Overall – A fairly nice drier Russian Imperial. It is almost like a blend between and imperial stout and a black IPA in some ways, as it finishes with a decent bitter hop/roast taste(although not what would be need to be actually considered a true black IPA) . Its pretty nice and worth a try, although it is likely not one I would go to on any great occasion.

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